Q: I am having problems with some people I work with and Im not entirely sure how to handle it. I am 22 years old, a full time college student working on a degree in marketing, and I am bilingual in japanese. I am married with a 16month old, because of my husbands job schedual the only place that could work with my available hours is Starbucks. Which is fine I love working with the public, but it seems like if you don't drink or smoke with the other employees you have no possiblity of advancing or even getting treated with respect. I am a very calm person and it takes alot for me to snap, but I am almost there. I am on the verge of telling some of the other workers off because of the way they treat me. I mentioned it to the manager and he said that he would see about getting me moved up alittle, but now he has moved and everyone is kissing a$$ so hard to the new manajor its pathetic, what happened to hard work being rewarded!!!?
A: Unfortunately, work is always full of politics. If you don't "mesh" with the people you work with, there is nothing you can do. I would ask to be transfered or find another job. I doubt the people you work with will change and are probably jealous of your situation.